Mount Whitney fish hatchery Independence, Ca eastern sierra
The Mount Whitney fish hatchery is located in Independence, California, Is an Historic fish hatchery that played an important role in the preservation of the golden trout, California's state fish. eastern sierra
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Mount Whitney Fish Hatchery Independence CA
Fish Hatchery Independence CA
Alex Valentin Feeding Trout One At A Time at Mt Whitney Independence CA
This place is so Relaxing, We come here every year and spend about an hour and chill. Stretch our Legs, then Hit The Road Again to visit Bishop CA!
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Mt. Whitney Fish Hatchery on Highway 395.
While driving through the town of Independence, I saw a sign for the Mt Whitney Historic Fish Hatchery, so I decided to get off the highway and check it out. I can honestly say it is a fantastic stop and one I recommend, especially when it is open. Here is all the information.
Details:
•Open Thurs – Mon but grounds open anytime
•Location: Oak Creek Rd, Independence, CA 93526
Directions:
The Mt Whitney Fish Hatchery is located right off Highway 395 on Oak Creek Rd (just North of Independence). The one-mile road will take you all the way to the Hatchery.
Phone: (760) 876-4128
The facility was built and operated by the California State Fish & Game Commission, now known as the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Starting in 1915, the citizens of Independence began a local fundraising drive to purchase a site for a proposed state fish hatchery. $1,500.00 was raised, and an ideal 40-acre (16 ha) site was purchased on Oak Creek, just north of the town. Fish and Game Commissioner M. J. Connell instructed the design team led by Charles Dean of the State Department of Engineering to design a building that would match the mountains, would last forever, and would be a showplace for all time. The architectural style they chose is Tudor Revival. Construction began in March, 1916, with a final budget of approximately $60,000.00. The walls of the building are constructed using 3,500 short tons (3,200 t) of native granite collected within a quarter mile (400 m) of the site. The walls are two to three feet (600 to 900 mm) thick. The roof is red Spanish tile made in Lincoln, California.
When construction was completed in 1917, it was the largest and best equipped hatchery in California and could produce 2,000,000 fish fry per year. Initially, fish eggs were collected from the Rae Lakes and were transported to the hatchery by mule train. Since 1918, golden trout eggs have been collected from the Cottonwood Lakes. This program is the sole source of California golden trout eggs, currently operated by the nearby Black Rock Fish Hatchery since the closure of Mt Whitney Hatchery in 2008.
In July 1931, the Mount Whitney Fish Hatchery and the Colorado Fish Commission traded 30,000 Colorado River cutthroat trout eggs for 25,000 golden trout eggs. The resulting Colorado cutthroat fry were planted in remote High Sierra lakes at very high elevations. Over the following 50 years, the population in Colorado became endangered due to habitat destruction and interbreeding with other species of trout. The cutthroats now living in California remained pure. In 1987, California and Colorado cooperated to transplant 50 genetically pure cutthroats back to a remote lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, where they thrived.
In 1996, the California Department of Fish and Game proposed closing the hatchery due to budget cuts. Local and statewide opposition to the closure developed, and instead, a plan was approved to save the facility in order to provide the public with an interpretation of the historical significance of the hatchery, knowledge of the hatchery's function and an understanding of our natural resources. Legislation was passed designating the Friends of the Mt. Whitney Fish Hatchery as a private group authorized to lease part of the hatchery in order to maintain and preserve it, in coordination with the State Office of Historic Preservation.
On July 5, 2007, a 55,000-acre (22,000 ha) wildfire burned upstream to the west of the Mount Whitney Fish Hatchery. As a result, a year later, on July 12, 2008, a heavy thunderstorm caused a massive mudslide in the fire-scarred Oak Creek watershed that swept downstream, severely damaging the ponds and water supplies of the hatchery, as well as two employee housing units. The main building escaped major damage. The Friends of the Mt. Whitney Fish Hatchery organized restoration work that allowed the interpretive center and display pond to re-open on May 30, 2009. However, the future of full-scale hatchery production is uncertain.
The first group of fish to come out of the hatchery in three years were planted in Diaz Lake, and a Kids Fishing Day was held in May, 2010. An expanded interpretive center is in the planning stages.[
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Visiting M.T Whitney Fish Hatchery
History of Mount Whitney Hatchery
Built in 1917, Mount Whitney hatchery was constructed to serve the southern counties in California. The long haul from Mount Shasta Hatchery was rough on the fish, and a hatchery was needed in the south of the state. Spearheaded by Commissioner M. J. Connell of Los Angeles, the location of the proposed hatchery was hotly contested between different sites. Eventually an agreement was made to build the structure on Oak Creek, near the town of Independence. Local fundraising efforts gathered enough money, about $1,850 for the purchase of 40 acres. The hatchery was built from locally sourced granite and has withstood aging and weather for nearly 100 years.
Mount Whitney Fish Hatchery - Trout Spawning House - Independence CA
We're visiting the Mount Whitney Trout Fish Hatchery
When trout are ready to spawn, they are crowded into the spawning house and eggs are taken from the females, fertilized with the male sperm and taken to the hatchery building. (Romantic Isn't It?)
These broodstock produce ten million eggs every year.
When eggs reach the Eyed' stage of their development, they are transported to other California Hatcheries throughout the State.
The eggs that are designated for next years Catchables and those that are considered broodstock are moved to the Black Rock Hatchery, eight miles north of here.
The catchable trout when released are about 10 long and weigh about half a pound.
Those selected for broodstock will remain at Black Rock for 20 months and then will be returned to Mt Whitney Hatchery Raceways to Spawn at Two Years of Age.
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Mount Whitney Fish Hatchery
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Brook Trout in Mount Whitney Portal, Inyo, California
Brook trout, or Salvelinus fontinalis, is also called the Eastern brook trout. It has been introduced to California in places such as here in Mount Whitney Portal in Inyo County, California. Naturalized brook trout here in California have lived up to 15 years of age, whereas the more typical age maximum is 7 years in the Eastern United States; like many introduced or invasive species, the brook trout seems to do even better in California's environments. The brook trout is a species of fish in the salmon family of order Salmoniformes. In many parts of its range, it is known as the speckled trout or squaretail. A potamodromous population in Lake Superior is known as coaster trout or, simply, as coasters. Though commonly called a trout, the brook trout is actually a char, along with lake trout, bull trout, Dolly Varden and the Arctic char. The brook trout is the state fish for eight states: Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia.
Individuals normally spend their entire lives in fresh water, but some, called salters or sea-run, may spend up to three months at sea in the spring, not straying more than a few kilometers from the river mouth. The fish return upstream to spawn in the late summer or autumn. The female constructs a depression in a location in the stream bed, sometimes referred to as a redd, where groundwater percolates upward through the gravel. One or more males approaches the female, fertilizing the eggs as the female expresses them. The eggs are slightly denser than water. The female then buries the eggs in a small gravel mound; they hatch in 95 to 100 days.
Feeding Fish At Mt. Whitney Fish Hatchery
Short video of my girl feeding the rainbow trout in one of the ponds at the Mt. Whitney Fish hatchery. I probably could have picked up one of the fish, they were super trained to hang out near the pellet machine.
492-Fort Independence, Unofficial Campground Tour
Leaving Camp Independence and checking out Fort Independence campground. Looks really nice there to camp since Oak Creek campground is no longer up stream due to the 2007 fire and 2008 flood.
Great place to check out. I like that it is next to the store and Casino.
Here is the information not found on the usual CG smartphone applications.
Full Hook-up ........................................... $32 / Per Day
Electricity & Water ................................. $28 / Per Day
Water Only ............................................. $20 / Per Day
Showers (Non Campers) ....................... $7
Extra Vehicle ......................................... $5
Clean Restrooms and Showers
RV Dump Station
Convenience Store & Casino
Gas Station - Cheapest Gas in the Valley!
Stream Fishing
Interpretive Trail
7 DAY MAX
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493-The Tragedy at Oak Creek, A Special Place Remembered
This is a story of returning to the Oak Creek, California area 10 years after a natural tragedy occurred there. This place will always be a special for me and takes me back to my younger years in the Eastern Sierra.
This area had been burned in an intense, lightning sparked range fire in July 2007 destroying the Ashworth Ranch.
On July 12, 2008 tropical moisture moved through here causing thunderstorms and pockets of intense rain.
In the late afternoon, a cell of intense rain was centered in the eastern sierra Baxter Pass area, just west of this location.
Around 5 pm, water, sediment, and debris began moving down tributaries in the Oak Creek drainage area, eventually concentrating in the north and south forks of Oak Creek.
At about 5:30 pm a hyper-concentrated flow destroyed a motorhome parked here at the Oak Creek campground on the north fork of Oak Creek, and its sole occupant jumped into the flow but he managed to survive.
By then, the Mt. Whitney Fish Hatchery had been severely damaged along with several Fish and Game employee residences.
For more information, Google these documents;
California Geological Survey, Oak_Creek_NPSBC
California Geological Survey, SR_225
Inyo National Forest, Oak-Creek-083115
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